The Marvellous Century

The sixth century was an era of personalities and uprisings. It was the time of Xenophanes, Cyrus, Solon the lawmaker, Sappho, the Budda, Aeschylus, Pythagoras, Confucius, tao-tzu and Nebuchadnezzar; it was the era of prose re-awakenings and the exploration of rational thought.

George Woodcock's The Marvellous Century, brings the era and the personalities to life as the he explores the literature, the philosophy, the politics, the sciences. He documents the writing of the Upanishads, pursues the thought of the Greek astronomer and philosopher Thales, traces the emergence of atomic theories in India, the emergence of geography, geology and physics as disciplines, and monitors the economics of the central Asia silk trade. He reflects upon the great religions - Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism and Modern Judaism - all of whom had their roots in the sixth century, and discusses how, and why, so much that was vital to our civilization came into being during this era.

ISBN	1551642662	Pages	256
ISBN13	9781551642666 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Black Rose Books	Weight (grammes)	458
Imprint	Black Rose Books	Published in	Montreal
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	228
Publication date	09 Jun 2005	Width (mm)	152
Library of Congress	CB	Spine width (mm)	12
DEWEY	930	Academic level	General
DEWEY edition	DC22

Pt. I	Introduction
Ch. 1	The marvellous century : a world awakening	2
Pt. II	The archaic Greeks
Ch. 2	Hellas : the unity of diversity	20
Ch. 3	The well-used lyre : an age of poets	53
Ch. 4	The sons of Daedalus : Greek archaic art	63
Ch. 5	The substance of the world : the stages of Miletus	71
Ch. 6	The guises of God : Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras	79
Ch. 7	The uses of wisdom : Solon and Hecataeus	91
Pt. III	The Middle East in transition
Ch. 8	The kings of kings and the prophet of progress	100
Ch. 9	Departing glories : Egypt and Babylon	111
Ch. 10	The struggle with God : Judaism, Jeremiah and Isaiah	123
Pt. IV	Beyond the deserts
Ch. 11	The shadowy frontiers	136
Ch. 12	Debates on the Ganges : the Indian teachers	145
Ch. 13	The ways of men and nature : the Chinese sages	161
Pt. V	Archaic borderlands
Ch. 14	Peoples in waiting	174
Pt. VI	Conclusion
Ch. 15	Vibrations in a single thought : the age in far perspective	188

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